Revolving display-case.



A. GAMER.

REVOLVING DISPLAY CASE.

APPLlcAiora min MAR. 2, 1916.

A. A. CARTER'.

REVOLVING DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION HVLED MAR. z. 191e.

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nnvoLvINe DISPLAY-onen To all whom it may concern Be it known that I', AUGUSTUS A. CARTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fayette, inthe county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Display- Cases; and I do declare thefollowing to be.

a full,'clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will/enable others skilled in the'art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in display cases of the revolving type having a plurality of vertical rows-of shelves to supportthe articles to bedisplayed, the main object of the invention being to provide guards for holding the articles on the shelves, and to provide means whereby the case may be locked against lrotation when any guard is disposed to inoperative position, `thus preventingY the goods on the shelves from being accidentally thrown therefrom. r y

With this Igeneral object in view, the yin'- vention resides in certain `novel features of construction, and in unique combinations of parts: to be hereinafter fully described and claimed, the 'descriptive matter being ysupplemented .by the accompanying drawings which constitute a part of this application and in whichz-4 f Figure 1 is ya 'side elevation ,of the improved display case;

Fig. 2 is an' enlarged elevation of a portion thereof withfthe guards open;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal Vsectionalview taken on the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig-2, showing some of the guards open and others closed; and, i f

Fig. 4 is'an enlarged vertical section through the lower end of the device.

In specically describingthe construction shown-in the ydrawings above briefly described, similar characters will be placed on .corresponding parts throughout the sev- -eral views and reference will be herein made -to the lnumerous elements by-their respective indices. Toit-his end, the numeral 1 designates a horizontal base shown in the present embodiment of the invention as Iof circular contour being provided with a -pit v2 in its upper side. Rising from thecenter of the base 1 is an upright shaft 3 preferably having a laterally extending flange 4* at its lower end which is secured rigidly -to said ,base A cap 5 carried by the center of a Specification of Letters Patent.

. circular' top'v 6 is each pair.

rotatably mounted on. the upper end of the shaft k3, while a bottom 7 is mounted to Vrotate on lthe lower end of said shaft, this bottom being received in the pit 2, rand having its 'upper face disposed flush with thev upper side of the base 1. j

Extending between and ,secured rigidly Patented Oct. 23, 1917. Application inea March 2, 1916. semina. 81,715.

vat their 'ends to the top 6 and bottom 7, is

a pluralityv of upright standards 8 which are spaced circumferentially around a predetermined; arc, 'said standards carrying shelves 9 which are adjustable vertically thereon, these shelvesand standards being of any. preferred construction. AlsoV extending between lthe .top and the bottom of the case and secured: :thereto inany desirable way, Yis a plurality of upright rods 10, said rods being positioned in pairs adjacent the vertical rows of shelves 9 with :the rods of each pair disposedy adjacent the opposite sides ofsaid shelves to prevent :articles A iffesting thereon from falling laterally thererom. 1

For the 'purpose of further holding the articles Aupon the shelves9, pairs of laterally-swinging'guards 11 are provided, said pairs being disposed one adjacent eachyertical row of shelves, Each guard 11. is in the Aform y'of :an upright wire or'the like having itsupjper end disposed contiguousto the top 6 and bent laterally, said ends with pivot eyes 12 which surround the rods 10. .The llowerends of the guards 11 are bent laterallyand coiled `at 13 to form additional pivot eyes receiving the lower ends of the rods-10, the wire after forming these eyes 13, being lextended, laterallyin horizon- -tal directions vto form crank arms 14. rIhe arms 14 are shown in the present embodiment of the invention as projecting being formed Y through apertures 15 inthe vertical sides 16 of channel shaped slides 17, one of. these slides 'being disposed lbetween `the guards of Each slide 17 yis formed in its lower side withfone or imore'lo-ngitudinal 4slots 18 receiving screws or` the like 19 which Y are driven therethrough into the'bottom 7,

said slides vthus ,having `a Vpredeterrfnined lamount of radial lmovement which will allow them to move the guards 11 to operativeV position when forced inwardly, and to `inoperative position` whenv pulled outwardly as shown clearly inthe drawings. v

In :order that the articles' A may not be accidentally thrown from' the shelves) by rotation ef the Cese when certain guards 11 stand in open position, it is highly desirable to provide some simple means whereby the case may be locked against rotation when any of the slides are so positioned as to open the guards. It is also essential to devise some eiiicient means for locking the slides in open the guards, the pins 2O are adapted to be received in` additional sockets 23 formed in the upper side of the base 1. Thus, the entire case is now held against rotation while the guards are open.

The foregoing defines the preferred form of my invention, but it will be readily understood that ynumerous changes may be made within the scope of the rinvention as pointed out in the appended claims without sacrificing the primary advantages thereof. Furthermore, the improved case may be constructed for displaying numerous kindsof articles, although in its present embodiment it is designed primarily for displaying ribbons.

I claim:

l. A revolving display case comprising a plurality of shelves adapted to support the articles to be displayed, movable guards for holding such articles on the shelves, and means for locking the case against rotation when a guard is moved to inoperative position. y

2. A revolving display case comprising a plurality of vertical rows of shelves adapted to support the articles to be displayed, movable guards for holding such articles on the shelves, movable operating members for disposing said guards to and holding. them respectively in operative and inoperative p0- sitions, and means Jfor locking the case against revolution when an operating member is lmoved to dispose its guard to inoperative position.

' 3. A revolving display case comprising a plurality of vertical rows of shelves adapted to support the articles to be displayed, movlable guards for holding said articles on the shelves, movable operating members for moving said guards to operative and inoperative positions, latches on said operating members for holding themvin position to retain their respective guards in operative relation with the shelves, and a fixed locking member with which said latches coperate to lock the case againstV revolution when an operating member is so disposed as to release its respective guard.

Y l. A revolving display case comprising a plurality of vertical rows of shelves to support ythe articles to be displayed, upright laterally swinging guards adjacent said rows of shelves to hold the articles thereon, crank arms extending laterally from said guards, slidable operating members to which the case against rotation.

5. A revolving display case comprising a plurality of vertical rows of shelves to support the articles to be displayed, upright rods disposed at the opposite sides of said shelves for preventing said articles from falling laterally therefrom, upright laterally swinging guards adjacent the front ends of said shelves to coperate with said rods in holding the articles thereon, said guards having upper and lower' outwardly extending arms vpivot-ally mounted on said rods, crankv arms extending laterally from the lower ends of the guards, movable operating members with which said crank arms are connectedV for operating the guards,

n latches carried by said members for locking them in position to retain their respective guards in operative relation with `the shelves, and a fixed lockingrmember with which said latches coperate when the operating members are so moved asto release the guards, thereby locking the case against rotation. Y l

6. A display case comprising a base having in its top a pit and having anarcuate series of sockets surrounding said pit and opening throughits top, an upright shaft rising from the center of the pit, a top and a bottom member rotatably mounted respectively on the upper and lower endsof said shaft, said bottom member being disposed in the pit, vertical rows of shelves between the top and bottom members, vertical rods .eX- tending between said members and disposed on opposite sides of said shelves to prevent articles thereon from -italling laterally therefrom, upright swinging guards adjacent the front ends of said shelves and coperating with. the aforesaidrods to hold the articlesr thereon, `said guards having laterally eX- tending arms on their upper and lower ends pivotally mounted on the upper and lower 'ends of said rods, crank arms extending laterally from the lower ends of said guards, slides mounted on the bottom member and having connection with said crank arms for operating the guards,- said slides beingv movable inwardly to close said guards and outwardly to open the same, and latches carried `by the slides for normally locking the same against outward movement, said latches being adapted for reception in the aforesaid sockets when the slides are moved outwardly thereby locking the case against rotation.

7. A display case comprising a vertical row of shelves adapted to support the articles to be displayed, vertical rods disposed adjacent the opposite sides of said shelves to prevent the articles thereon from falling laterally therefrom, upright guards adjacent the front end of said shelves and coperating with said rods in retaining the articles thereon, said guards having laterally extending arms at their upper and lower ends pivotally mounted on the aforesaid rods, crank arms extending laterally from the lower ends of said guards,a movable operating member with which said crank arms are'connected in a pivotal manner, and a latch for holding said operating member in position to retain the guards in operative relation with the shelves.

8. A display oase comprising a vertical HQSSGS.

ing vertical guards on opposite sides of said Vrow and extending approximately through? out the length thereof for holding articles on theshelves, an operating member connected with said guards for simultaneously moving the two and means for locking said member in position to retain said guards in operative relation with the shelves.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit-a AUGUsTUs A. CARTER.

Witnesses:

J. A. CLAx'roN, F. B. CLAxToN.

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